US: Pennsylvania county appeals against ruling to block equal marriage

D Bruce Hanes was ordered to stop issuing the marriage licences last month

The Pennsylvania county which was last month ordered to stop issuing marriage licences to same-sex couples, is appealing against the decision.

Democrats in Montgomery county on Tuesday announced the appeal against the decision from 12 September.

County clerk D Bruce Hanes had issued over 170 marriage licences to same-sex couples, and had said he wanted to come down on the “right side of history”, deeming the state’s ban on equal marriage as unconstitutional.